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士紳
shì​shēn

gentry

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
士绅 士紳 shì​shēn
gentry
Powerful and influential local figures in former times, usually referring to wealthy landowners or retired officials; also used generally to refer to people with good breeding and manners

Frequency

Written text
0.423 per million

Cross-References

Classifier

  • 位 wèi

Same as

  • 绅士 shēn​shì

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)